Publications
FORT scientists have produced more than 2000 peer reviewed publications that are registered in the USGS Publications Warehouse, along with many others prior to their work at the USGS or in conjunction with other government agencies.
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Quality of life on the Colorado Plateau: A report to camera-survey collaborators in southeast Utah Quality of life on the Colorado Plateau: A report to camera-survey collaborators in southeast Utah
What constitutes quality of life among community residents in southeastern and central Utah? What critical areas, elements, and special outdoor places are essential to quality of life in those areas? Answering these questions was the goal of this "quality-of-life" research collaboration in the Colorado Plateau region. Collaborators include the Utah Travel Council (UTC), Canyon Country...
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Jonathan G. Taylor, Jessica B. Reis-Ruehrwein, Natalie R. Sexton, Dale J. Blahna
Mortality of riparian box elder from sediment mobilization and extended inundation Mortality of riparian box elder from sediment mobilization and extended inundation
To explore how high flows limit the streamward extent of riparian vegetation we quantified the effects of sediment mobilization and extended inundation on box elder (Acer negundo) saplings along the cobble-bed Gunnison River in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument, Colorado, USA. We counted and aged box elders in 144 plots of 37.2 m2, and combined a hydraulic model with the...
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Jonathan M. Friedman, Gregor T. Auble
Runoff and erosion from a rapidly eroding pinyon-juniper hillslope Runoff and erosion from a rapidly eroding pinyon-juniper hillslope
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B.P. Wilcox, J. Pitlick, Craig D. Allen, David W. Davenport
Western alpine Western alpine
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Jill Baron, Murray Williams, T. Seastedt, W. Bowman
Sensitivity of high elevation Rocky Mountain watersheds to climate change Sensitivity of high elevation Rocky Mountain watersheds to climate change
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Jill Baron, M.D. Hartman, L.E. Band, R. Lammers
Riparian restoration using physical manipulation and natural seedfall Riparian restoration using physical manipulation and natural seedfall
In many arid landscapes, riparian sites are the only places wet enough to support trees. The vertical structure of trees and shrubs is critical to many riparian habitat and aesthetic values (Brinson et al. 1981). Thus, woody vegetation is often an important objective and success measure for riparian restoration. Effective restoration planning depends on some underlying model of how the...
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G.T. Auble
Additional records of bats from the middle Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico Additional records of bats from the middle Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico
The resident and migratory bat fauna of the middle Rio Grande Valley in central New Mexico is inadequately known. Many of the specimen records from this valley are from Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, ca. 20 km S of Socorro, Socorro Co. Findley et al. (1975) reported Myotis lucifugus, M. yumanensis, Lasiurus cinereus, and Tadarida brasiliensis from the refuge to which Reith...
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Ernest W. Valdez, James N. Stuart, Michael A. Bogan
Riparian ecosystem restoration in the Gila River Basin: opportunities and constraints. Issue Paper No. 21 Riparian ecosystem restoration in the Gila River Basin: opportunities and constraints. Issue Paper No. 21
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P.B. Shafroth, B. Tellman, M.K. Briggs
Spring-summer movements of bonytail in a Colorado River reservoir, Lake Mohave, Arizona and Nevada Spring-summer movements of bonytail in a Colorado River reservoir, Lake Mohave, Arizona and Nevada
The bonytail Gila elegans is a large-river minnow (Cyprinid) endemic to the Colorado River system of western North America. The species is federally listed as endangered, its biology poorly understood, and relatively little is known of its movements. Two short-term telemetry studies were conducted during 1996 and 1997 to assess spring-summer temporal and spatial movement patterns in Lake...
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Paul C. Marsh, Gordon Mueller
Proceedings of the Rocky Mountain/Great Basin regional climate-change workshop Proceedings of the Rocky Mountain/Great Basin regional climate-change workshop
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Frederic H. Wagner, Jill Baron
Vegetation responses to natural regulation of elk in Rocky Mountain National Park Vegetation responses to natural regulation of elk in Rocky Mountain National Park
Little experimental information is available on the relationship between herbivory by native ungulates and vegetation in relatively undisturbed environments. A quasi-experimental situation exists in Rocky Mountain National Park, where elk (Cervus elaphus) populations have increased about 3-fold since 1968, following their release from artificial controls within the park boundaries. We...
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Linda Zeigenfuss, Francis J. Singer, David Bowden
Hybridization and the phylogenetic relationship between polecats and domestic ferrets in Britain Hybridization and the phylogenetic relationship between polecats and domestic ferrets in Britain
Ferrets (Mustela furo) were domesticated from polecats (M. putorius, M. eversmannii) over 2000 years ago. Following their introduction to Britain, they escaped and hybridized with native European polecats (M. putorius). Native polecats declined to the point of near extinction prior to World War I, but have recently begun to expand from a Welsh refugium. Concern has arisen as to the...
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A. Davison, J. D. S. Birks, H. I. Griffiths, A. C. Kitchener, D. Biggins, R. K. Butlin